“Be ashamed to die until you have won some victory for humanity,” by Horace Mann.

I read this quote and wondered what constitutes a victory? I admit due to being empathic and dealing with recently becoming disabled with MCS as the result of direct and indirect attacks with toxic fragrances — I have avoided the news. I cannot handle the flood of negative emotions that are rampant in our world.

I tried to write this post and instead took a shower. I came back to check my local news for the weather and came upon an article that the death toll keeps rising.

As a person wanting peace and love for the world — how do I react to this violence? I could of course take sides and cast judgment against the others. I could write a rant about depriving others of their basic right to human freedoms. How world leaders who are oppressing their people should be defeated and cast out. But in war, one side must always lose. And the losing side will now feel oppressed. The rulers may shift but oppression still exists. Hitler was defeated. And so many years later — Nazism still exists.

If violence is met with violence than the only thing that can be produced is violence. I am not pretending to be a pacifist. I wish I was. I have to admit that if someone was to break into my home — I would physically defend myself.

Darkness cannot eliminate darkness. Only light can do this. When you enter a dark room and turn on the light — does the darkness scream and fight and refuse to surrender to the light? No. But first the light has to be brought to the room — the situation — to the heart. Just as the sun is always behind the clouds — the Light is always there — however many of us have chosen to turn the light switch off.

Today’s Intention: Send love to the people of the Ukraine. I will pray for both sides of the conflict. But mostly I will pray for the light to be turned on in the heart and soul of President Viktor Yanukovych. I believe that it would be very difficult to order my own countrymen beaten and killed — if I was being flooded with love from around the world.

If the world leaders want to help (besides sending loving prayers) — I suggest they send President Yanukovych and the leaders who oppose him out into space. Let these people view themselves against the vastness of the Universe. Let these people view the Earth lit by the sun as it turns suspended against the blackness of space. Let President Yanukovych judge himself against all of humanity that lays before him. Let him decide, do my actions support humanity or destroy it? And then let the two sides sit down at a table and talk about compromise — a solution — what is good for all.

I pray today that we support the freedom for all humanity and especially the people of Kiev.

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4 thoughts on “Day 50 In the Pursuit of Love”

I looked at the front page of NYT online today, and there was only one article about Ukraine. I feel that the Olympics coverage is eclipsing what is going on in Ukraine. I know more about the weather in Sochi than I know about what is happening in Kiev. Pretty horrible. Not sure who is worse, Putin or Yanukovych.

Tonight they had more coverage on our local news. I don’t know if it will be much help but at least various world leaders are starting to take notice of the killing of the Ukraine citizens. I hope peace comes to them soon. 😀

Better attitude? No! But after years of teaching teenagers — one thing I learned was if they screamed at me and I screamed back — nothing was accomplished but an escalation of tempers. But if they screamed and I whispered — then I drastically increased the chances they would listen. After years of trial and error, I’ve found more often then not — if I’m really angry with a person — and I can find it in my heart to send them love — I still may not want to ever see them again — but our issues were resolved peacefully. Thanks for the reblog. Hopefully, the more people who see the video — the more people will pray for their freedom. 😀